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12-463: Until 2000, Gjirokastër County was subdivided into three districts: Gjirokastër , Përmet , and Tepelenë . Since the 2015 local government reform, the county consists of the following 7 municipalities: Dropull , Gjirokastër , Këlcyrë , Libohovë , Memaliaj , Përmet and Tepelenë . Before 2015, it consisted of the following 32 municipalities: The municipalities consist of about 270 towns and villages in total. See Villages of Gjirokastër County for

24-582: A denomination (22,186 people) and Christians forming 19.65% of the county's population ( Orthodox (17.43%) (15,295 people), Evangelists (0.08% (59 people) (and Roman Catholics ) (2.07%) (1,493 people), while 10,094 (15,16%) did not answer at all. According to a 2014 report by the Albanian government submitted to the Council of Europe , there were 9,520 Greeks in the Dropull district, and 13,118 Greeks in

36-480: A plurality and collectively consisted 49% of the district's total population. Within Gjirokastër district, Greeks populate all the settlements of both former municipalities of Dropull i Sipërm and Dropull i Poshtëm and also all settlements of Pogon municipality (except the village of Selckë). Gjirokastër has a mixed population consisting of Muslim Albanians, Greeks and an Orthodox Albanian population while

48-447: A structured list. According to the last national census from 2023 this county has 60,013 inhabitants. Ethnic groups in the county include Albanians , Greeks , Aromanians , Romani , & Balkan Egyptians . According to the results of the 2011 census, 38.54% of the total population (27,815 people) declared themselves Muslim. There are also some Bektashi Muslims with 8.48% (6,118 people), 7.15% percent consisting of believers without

60-675: Is the administrative center. The administrative unit of Pogon is inhabited by ethnic Greeks . Greek is spoken in Poliçan, Skore, Hllomo, Sopik, Mavrojer and Çatistë and those villages along with Drymades on the Greek side of the border comprise the sub-region of Paleo-Pogoni (Old Pogoni), part of the wider region of Pogoni. Traditionally Greeks of Pogoni in Albania practised endogamy by intermarrying within their group, although occasionally brides from Zagori were taught to speak Greek. Poliçan

72-561: Is the northernmost Greek-speaking village in the Pogoni area, as villages north west of Poliçan are Albanian-speaking, while those south of Poliçan are Greek-speaking. Selckë , part of a wider region of Lunxhëria , is traditionally inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian population as well as later Aromanian migrants, while the rest of the villages belong to the Greek minority zone. In 15th century Pogon came under Ottoman rule and became part of

84-524: The Sanjak of Ioannina . It was a nahiya centre as "Pogun" at Pogun kaza (Its centre was Voştina ) in Ergiri sanjak of Yanya Vilayet till 1912. As part of Albania, the municipality is part of the recognized Greek Minority Zone . Historically each village of Pogon has its own variation of traditional costumes and dresses. The area is part of Pogoni, a region that also includes parts of nearby Pogoni on

96-466: The area during 1992, the district of Gjirokastër had 66,000 inhabitants of which 40% were Greeks, 12% Vlachs and an Orthodox Albanian population of 21%. These communities are Orthodox and collectively made up 73% of the district's Christian population while the remaining 28% of the population were Muslim Albanians. Overall the Greek community was the most numerous ethno-religious group (40%), while Albanians, irrespective of religious background, in 1992 were

108-581: The city in 1992 had an overall Albanian majority. Pogon, Albania Pogon ( Albanian : Pogon or Pogoni , Greek : Πωγώνι , Pogoni ), is a former commune in the Gjirokastër County , southern Albania . At the 2015 local government reform it became a subdivision of the municipality Dropull . The population at the 2011 census was 432. It consists of seven villages which are mostly Greek speaking: Poliçan ; Skore ; Hllomo ; Sopik ; Mavrojer ; Çatistë and Selckë of which Poliçan

120-559: The entire county. The results of the 2011 census were affected by a boycott by minorities. The European Council 's Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities stated that "the results of the census should be viewed with the utmost caution and calls on the authorities not to rely exclusively on the data on nationality collected during the census in determining its policy on

132-451: The protection of national minorities". Gjirokast%C3%ABr District Gjirokastër District ( Albanian : Rrethi i Gjirokastrës ) was one of the 36 districts of Albania , which were dissolved in July 2000 and replaced by 12 counties . It had a population of 55,991 in 2001, and an area of 1,137 km (439 sq mi). It contained a large Greek ethnic minority . It is in

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144-428: The south of the country, and its capital was the city of Gjirokastër . Its territory is now part of Gjirokastër County : the municipalities of Gjirokastër , Dropull and Libohovë . The district consisted of the following municipalities : - not to be confused with Kolonjë District - not to be confused with Poliçan of Skrapar District In fieldwork undertaken by Greek scholar Leonidas Kallivretakis in

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